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Overview

Nestor D. Kapusta is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with specific expertise in clinical psychology, social psychology, cultural studies, public health, environmental and occupational health, and applied psychology. The scientist has produced a significant body of work across these fields, contributing to a variety of topics within psychology.

The main topics addressed by Kapusta include psychotherapy techniques and applications, attachment and relationship dynamics, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, suicide and self-harm studies, psychoanalysis and social critique, personality disorders and psychopathology, and mental health treatment and access.

Kapusta has published papers in several academic journals, including multiple contributions to the "Zeitschrift für Individualpsychologie," where they have nine publications. Other frequent publication venues include "European Neuropsychopharmacology," "Frontiers in Psychiatry," "Death Studies," and "The Journal of Individual Psychology."

Recent notable papers by Kapusta or those closely associated with their research network include:

  • "Psychoanalytic understanding of the request for assisted suicide" (2022) in The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
  • "BDNF gene polymorphisms predicting treatment response to CBT-based rehabilitation of depression" (2022) in European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Coparenting Intervention for Expectant Parents Affects Relationship Quality: A Pilot Study" (2020) in The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "Oxytocin receptor gene methylation as a molecular marker for severity of depressive symptoms in affective disorder patients" (2022) in BMC Psychiatry
  • "Monoamino Oxidase A Gene Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Methylation Status and the Risk of Violent Suicide Attempts in Affective Disorder Patients" (2021) in Frontiers in Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators in Kapusta's work include Jim Schmeckenbecher, Victor Blüml, Alexandra Schosser, Daniela Fischer-Hansal, and Birgit Ludwig. These coauthors have worked with Kapusta on multiple occasions, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Krisenintervention und Suizidverhütung

    Gernot Sonneck;Nestor Kapusta;Gerald Tomandl;Martin Voracek

  • Leading Causes of Unintentional and Intentional Injury Mortality: United States, 2000–2009

    Ian Richard Hildreth Rockett;Michael D. Regier;Nestor D. Kapusta;Jeffrey H. Coben

  • A Social-Ecological Framework of Theory, Assessment, and Prevention of Suicide.

    Robert J. Cramer;Nestor D. Kapusta

  • Lithium in Drinking Water and Suicide Mortality

    Nestor D. Kapusta;Nilufar Mossaheb;Elmar Etzersdorfer;Gerald Hlavin

  • Copycat effects after media reports on suicide: a population-based ecologic study

    Thomas Niederkrotenthaler;Benedikt Till;Nestor D. Kapusta;Martin Voracek

  • Declining Autopsy Rates and Suicide Misclassification A Cross-national Analysis of 35 Countries

    Nestor D. Kapusta;Ulrich S. Tran;Ian Richard Hildreth Rockett;Diego De Leo

  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY ORGANIZATION, REFLECTIVE FUNCTIONING, AND PSYCHIATRIC CLASSIFICATION IN BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

    Melitta Fischer-Kern;Anna Buchheim;Susanne Hörz;Peter Schuster

  • Mentalizing in female inpatients with major depressive disorder.

    Melitta Fischer-Kern;Peter Fonagy;Nestor D. Kapusta;Patrick Luyten

  • Firearm legislation reform in the European Union: impact on firearm availability, firearm suicide and homicide rates in Austria

    Nestor D. Kapusta;Elmar Etzersdorfer;Christoph Krall;Gernot Sonneck

  • The prevalence of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in a representative sample of the German population

    Paul L. Plener;Marc Allroggen;Nestor D. Kapusta;Elmar Brähler;Elmar Brähler

  • Personality factors and suicide risk in a representative sample of the German general population.

    Victor Blüml;Nestor D. Kapusta;Stephan Doering;Elmar Brähler

  • Race/ethnicity and potential suicide misclassification: window on a minority suicide paradox?

    Ian Richard Hildreth Rockett;Shaowei Wang;S. Stack;Diego De Leo

  • Direct Effect of Sunshine on Suicide

    Benjamin Vyssoki;Nestor D. Kapusta;Nicole Praschak-Rieder;Georg Dorffner

  • Lithium in the public water supply and suicide mortality in Texas.

    Victor Blüml;Michael D. Regier;Gerald Hlavin;Ian Richard Hildreth Rockett

  • Discerning suicide in drug intoxication deaths: paucity and primacy of suicide notes and psychiatric history

    Ian R H Rockett;Eric D Caine;Hilary S Connery;Gail D'Onofrio

  • Rural-urban differences in Austrian suicides.

    Nestor D. Kapusta;Arno Zorman;Elmar Etzersdorfer;Elisabeth Ponocny-Seliger

  • Geospatial examination of lithium in drinking water and suicide mortality

    Marco Helbich;Michael Leitner;Nestor D Kapusta

  • Suicide and unintentional poisoning mortality trends in the United States, 1987-2006: two unrelated phenomena?

    Ian Richard Hildreth Rockett;Gerry R. Hobbs;Diego De Leo;Steven Stack

  • Effects of sunshine on suicide rates.

    Benjamin Vyssoki;Nicole Praschak-Rieder;Gernot Sonneck;Victor Blüml

  • Suicide Misclassification in an International Context: Revisitation and Update

    Ian Richard Hildreth Rockett;Nestor D. Kapusta;Ruchi Bhandari

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L. Plener
Paul L. Plener Medical University of Vienna
Martin Voracek
Martin Voracek University of Vienna
Siegfried Kasper
Siegfried Kasper Medical University of Vienna
Jörg M. Fegert
Jörg M. Fegert University of Ulm
Ulrich S. Tran
Ulrich S. Tran University of Vienna
Michael Kaess
Michael Kaess University of Bern
Romuald Brunner
Romuald Brunner Heidelberg University
Steven Stack
Steven Stack Wayne State University
Nicole Praschak-Rieder
Nicole Praschak-Rieder Medical University of Vienna
Heide Glaesmer
Heide Glaesmer Leipzig University

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